Bible Dictionary

Othni

The name Othni means “my time; my hour”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

A lion of Jehovah, a son of Shemaiah, and one of the temple porters in the time of David (1 Chr. 26:7). He was a “mighty man of valour.”

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(lion of Jehovah), son of Shemaiah, the first-horn of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. 1013.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

oth'-ni (`othni, meaning unknown): A son of Shemaiah, a Korahite Levite (1Ch 26:7).